Many people with active infections are treated effectively, and no longer have MRSA. However, sometimes MRSA goes away after treatment and comes back several times. If MRSA infections keep coming back again and again, your doctor can help you figure out the reasons you keep getting them.

Can MRSA stay dormant in your body?

It can remain dormant and not present any issues, however, upon entering the body it is able to cause infection. This is likely to happen in one of two settings, as discussed below. MRSA infections frequently occur among patients with weakened immune systems in hospitals.

Are you a MRSA carrier for life?

2. You can be a carrier. If you are a carrier you do not have symptoms that you can see, but you still have MRSA bacteria living on your skin and in your nose. If you are a carrier, your provider may say that you are colonized.